The greatest bus in the universe is coming

Forget the jetpacks for just a moment, this is how your getting to work in 2030. It's a 3d fast bus, or a 'straddling' bus, and it's quite possibly the greatest bus every to adorn the planet. Actually, we can't think of any buses that may compete for the title, and would therefore welcome your suggestions. It certainly beats Boris's London Routemasters into a cocked a hat, and it's the future of transport in Beijing’s Mentougou District:

The pilot scheme will see a 40km long path built for the bus, which will carry up to 1,400 commuters at a time, while still allowing traffic to pass by. Or under. Or through. Whatever. It will cost just 10% of building the equivalent length of subway, and could reduce traffic jams by nearly a third. To be honest, it could also be an entirely made-up story plucked from the pages of the now-defunct News without News, in that you don't need a single word of copy to know what the story is:

16 comments

There is no way that would be able to carry 1,400 people. Look at the size of it, it would take one or two people sitting on it at most. Plus you would need to jump over the zig-zag barriers in the style of total wipeout.
In my opinion, they should make a bigger version.

> how does this work if the traffic on the road want to exit, the bus would get in the way.
From the picture, it looks like it is only for long straight stretches of road, with no junctions coming off the sides.